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Dan O

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May 31, 2012, 1:14:48 PM5/31/12
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Riding home last night, felt about to bonk with close to ten miles to
go. I've pushed through this plenty of times before, but never
without a mojo bar or *something* in my bag. (End of month; no money;
no mojo bars; already ate all the food I left the house with.) Saw a
drive-thru coffee stand that said, "Open". Wheeled up to the window
and begged for a packet of sugar.

(Guy seems readily amenable, looks around... ) "You want Splenda?"

"No. Sugar." (Now thinking I must seem like the "bug" from MIB.)

"I can give you sugar cubes."

"That'd be great."

(Hands me 4 sugar cubes.)

"Thanks! You're awesome!"

Popped the cubes two at a time; melt in mouth and swallow.

Don't know how much of it was psychological, but felt better
immediately and made it home no trouble.

Wes Groleau

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May 31, 2012, 11:33:31 PM5/31/12
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On 05-31-2012 13:14, Dan O wrote:
> Riding home last night, felt about to bonk with close to ten miles to
> go. I've pushed through this plenty of times before, but never
> without a mojo bar or*something* in my bag. (End of month; no money;

I misjudged the weather and thought two small Red Bull would suffice.
Two-thirds of the way home I was knocking on a farm house door offering
to buy a bottle of water.

--
Wes Groleau

Change is inevitable.
Liberals need to learn that “inevitable" is not a synonym for “good."
Conservatives should learn that “inevitable" is not a synonym for “bad.”

datakoll

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May 31, 2012, 11:57:38 PM5/31/12
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Lou Holtman

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Jun 1, 2012, 9:22:35 AM6/1/12
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Op 1-6-2012 5:33, Wes Groleau schreef:
> On 05-31-2012 13:14, Dan O wrote:
>> Riding home last night, felt about to bonk with close to ten miles to
>> go. I've pushed through this plenty of times before, but never
>> without a mojo bar or*something* in my bag. (End of month; no money;
>
> I misjudged the weather and thought two small Red Bull would suffice.
> Two-thirds of the way home I was knocking on a farm house door offering
> to buy a bottle of water.
>


Yes misjudging the weater is a classic one. Only your own pride is
holding you back to knock on someones door to ask for something to eat
or fill up your bottle. The times I had to, the people were very
generous and helpfull after I explained my situation. Cookies, candy
bars, sandwiches and a lady would even cook me a meal once.

Lou

Dan O

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Jun 1, 2012, 11:07:08 AM6/1/12
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On Jun 1, 6:22 am, Lou Holtman <lou.holt...@usenet.nl> wrote:
> Op 1-6-2012 5:33, Wes Groleau schreef:
>
> > On 05-31-2012 13:14, Dan O wrote:
> >> Riding home last night, felt about to bonk with close to ten miles to
> >> go. I've pushed through this plenty of times before, but never
> >> without a mojo bar or*something* in my bag. (End of month; no money;
>
> > I misjudged the weather and thought two small Red Bull would suffice.
> > Two-thirds of the way home I was knocking on a farm house door offering
> > to buy a bottle of water.

Isn't Red Bull sugar and caffeine in water? That stuff just sucks all
the water right out of you.

>
> Yes misjudging the weater is a classic one. Only your own pride is
> holding you back to knock on someones door to ask for something to eat
> or fill up your bottle.

I always start off with two full bottles regardless of the weather.
(Never know when you might need to copiously flush a wound or
something.) If it gets to looking like I might possibly run out, I
think ahead for someplace to refill.

> The times I had to, the people were very
> generous and helpfull after I explained my situation. Cookies, candy
> bars, sandwiches and a lady would even cook me a meal once.
>

In my experience, nearly everyone is glad (eager, even) to help
someone who simply needs water to drink.

I try to never, ever ride far from home without at least one mojo bar
in my bag and preferably one mojo bar and one power bar. If I eat the
last one, I head purposefully for home or resupply and keep an "eye"
on the gas gauge.

I'll repeat one of my favorite movie quotes: "You don't know what you
can do and what you can't." I've pressed on when it would be very
easy to *think* that I couldn't, feeling awfully woozy, but never
actually bonked.

Wes Groleau

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Jun 2, 2012, 12:25:04 AM6/2/12
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On 06-01-2012 11:07, Dan O wrote:
> Isn't Red Bull sugar and caffeine in water? That stuff just sucks all
> the water right out of you.

Not so. Excess blood sugar will make me pee, but when I am averaging
fifteen miles per hour, the muscles suck up the sugar. And one can is
only 110 calories.

Too much caffeine can stimulate the bladder to contract more, but it
does not cause the kidneys to run faster.

I needed the water for the heat, and the sugar for fuel.
I chose Red Bull because it has less sugar than other choices.
But I didn't choose enough of it from the water perspective.

--
Wes Groleau

Curmudgeon's Complaints on Courtesy:
http://www.onlinenetiquette.com/courtesy1.html

Tom $herman (-_-)

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Jun 2, 2012, 12:37:24 AM6/2/12
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In more remote parts of the US, the person answering the door could be
holding a loaded gun and asking why the hell are you bothering them.
These people live out of the way for a reason.

--
Tºm Shermªn - 42.435731°N, 83.985007°W
Post Free or Die!

Dan O

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Jun 2, 2012, 1:38:46 AM6/2/12
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On Jun 1, 9:25 pm, Wes Groleau <Groleau+n...@FreeShell.org> wrote:
> On 06-01-2012 11:07, Dan O wrote:
>
> > Isn't Red Bull sugar and caffeine in water? That stuff just sucks all
> > the water right out of you.
>
> Not so. Excess blood sugar will make me pee, but when I am averaging
> fifteen miles per hour, the muscles suck up the sugar. And one can is
> only 110 calories.
>
> Too much caffeine can stimulate the bladder to contract more, but it
> does not cause the kidneys to run faster.
>
> I needed the water for the heat, and the sugar for fuel.
> I chose Red Bull because it has less sugar than other choices.
> But I didn't choose enough of it from the water perspective.
>

Hmm... I guess (maybe) you're right:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeinated-drinks/AN01661

Glad you made it out of the woods that day.


Lou Holtman

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Jun 2, 2012, 4:52:30 AM6/2/12
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Op 2-6-2012 6:25, Wes Groleau schreef:
> On 06-01-2012 11:07, Dan O wrote:
>> Isn't Red Bull sugar and caffeine in water? That stuff just sucks all
>> the water right out of you.
>
> Not so. Excess blood sugar will make me pee, but when I am averaging
> fifteen miles per hour, the muscles suck up the sugar. And one can is
> only 110 calories.
>
> Too much caffeine can stimulate the bladder to contract more, but it
> does not cause the kidneys to run faster.
>
> I needed the water for the heat, and the sugar for fuel.
> I chose Red Bull because it has less sugar than other choices.

If you need sugar for the fuel you want something with as much sugar as
you can get. Right? My favourite refueling stops are gasstation stores
and with all that diet junk today it is getting harder to get non
artificial sweetened drinks.

I have trouble eating while riding a bike so I limit that to a minimum.
When all my glycogen (muscles and liver) storages filled up I know I can
ride bike with my kind off intensity for 2.5 hours and knowing that you
only can digest 60-70 gr of carbohydrates I only need one waterbottle
with 60 gr carbohydrates dissloved in it for my favourite 100 km rides.
Money and a powerbar for backup. For a 70-80 km ride I don't need to eat
at all.
When I'm home I know that my glycogen supplies are empty so I have to
refill them for the next day/ride.
Ultra long rides are not my cup of tea. For my that is 150+ km/more than
5 hours. It is boring, have to slow down, have to eat too much so my
stomach gets upset etc.

> But I didn't choose enough of it from the water perspective.

For me it gets tricky when it is cold in early season. Burn a lot of
carbs just to stay warm. In that case the 2.5 hours isn't valid any
more, but I can feel it comming and can eat my backup or buy some stuff
at the gasstation except of course when I forgot my money or my powerbar
in a hurry. Then it gets really bad and I have to rely on the friendly
people. Fortunately we have no middle of nowhere here. ;-)

Lou


Lou Holtman

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Jun 2, 2012, 7:49:57 AM6/2/12
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Op 2-6-2012 6:37, Tom $herman (-_-) > schreef:
Did you experienced that or is this your suspicious/pessimistic nature
speaking again?
'ding dong... Look who is at the door will you. OK were is my gun?'
Geezzz what a f*cked up society. Glad that almost no one has a gun here.
Would not know what to do with it.


Lou

AMuzi

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Jun 2, 2012, 10:26:18 AM6/2/12
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Perhaps one day you might actually meet and talk with a gun
owner since you obviously have no idea about their uses limits.

--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

thirty-six

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Jun 2, 2012, 10:34:47 AM6/2/12
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British Cycling picked up on this, you just need the sugar in your
mouth to give you a short term boost. It might not even need to be
sugar, just something sweet. The basic enabler of energy utilisation
though is salted water and it is this which will generally what you
are defficient in whatever the fuel source.

Jay Beattie

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Jun 2, 2012, 12:14:05 PM6/2/12
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Lots of people have guns in Switzerland. In fact, with mandatory
military service, a lot of people have SIG 550s that could reduce you
to confetti -- and Swiss society is hardly considered f***** up.
Switzerland has a very low rate of gun related violence. I'm not for
unfettered gun ownership in the US, but I don't think access to guns
is the root of our social woes -- particularly since a large number of
US gun owners are hunters. In Oregon, lots of people hunt -- and
there are plenty of places in Eastern Oregon where you can level a
rifle, take a shot and the bullet will drop before it comes within 20
miles of a population area. http://www.flickr.com/photos/loloboho/6220093763/
There is a very low rate of gun related violence in Eastern Oregon. In
North Dakota there is practically no gun related violence, yet better
than 50% gun ownership. Gun violence is a really complex problem made
difficult by our history and diverse population.

Anyway, I've ridden across the US and through many sparsely populated
areas, and I've relied on the kindness of others for food and
shelter. I found people to be more open and accommodating outside
urban areas. I just learned not to talk politics, particularly in the
Western and central states.

There were some places in Wyoming and Montana where I did not feel
welcome, but no one drew down on me. I just got the sense that they
viewed me as some hippy faggot environmentalists -- part of the giant
hippy faggot environmentalist conspiracy that had crushed their
economy by shutting down the local forest/copper pit mine/uranium
mine, etc. OTOH, in the same region, I was taken in and put up in a
church parish hall -- some good old boy sheriffs let me shower in
their three-cell jail. I was riding through a tiny, beaten down coal
town in the Appalachians when I guy pulled up next to me in an ancient
Ford PU. I thought I was going to get beaten to death with a banjo,
but the passenger pops a beer and hands it out the window, asking me
if I wanted it. I declined politely, but you get the point. A lot of
rural America is pretty friendly. Just don't stop to fill your bottle
at the backwoods cabin covered in brambles and stinking of rotten
flesh.

-- Jay Beattie.




datakoll

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Jun 2, 2012, 1:04:07 PM6/2/12
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https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=gw#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=Medical:+bonking&oq=Medical:+bonking&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=hp.12...3983.28010.1.30149.35.34.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0.1UEKtS547a8&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=16a76c5f7e072d5b&biw=1152&bih=635

yeah. I overdidit one day doing a loop of errands. poor planning for nutrition in an area devoid of 7/11...

when I 'got back', leg muscles stiffened, I couldn't walk. Had to lay on ground waiting for muscle chemistry's resolution to rebalance back into a continuing life form.

enter the back day pack, always stocked with cliff bars, bike tools (inflator!), bug net (REI), gloves, sunscreen, $$$, Mace, leatherman, sink,

Dan O

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Jun 2, 2012, 12:54:04 PM6/2/12
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On Jun 2, 4:49 am, Lou Holtman <lou.holt...@usenet.nl> wrote:
Lou, we respect and admire you - envy your life even. But just come
out here and give it a try - go ahead and walk up to that farmhouse in
your spandex shorts.

(That said, Ias I noted earlier in the tread, almost everybody around
here is very nice.)

datakoll

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Jun 2, 2012, 1:11:42 PM6/2/12
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NO SUGAR !

as a last resort maybe..

look at the ingeedients in power fluids. Find basic glycogens, basic sugars that are NOT table sugar.

Closest yawl can get to this, and my search maybe outdated, is something like Karo, sweetner derived from corn.

The closer the 'sugar' (not table sugar) comes to a simple glycogen molecular construction, the easier it is for your body chemistry, once called a Krebs Cycle named after its discoverer Maynard G. Krebs, to convert it into positive muscle chemistry food...like the muscle cells need dinner.

Lou Holtman

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Jun 2, 2012, 1:16:39 PM6/2/12
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Op 2-6-2012 18:14, Jay Beattie schreef:
Simple question. Why would anyone need a gun for?

Lou

datakoll

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Jun 2, 2012, 1:20:25 PM6/2/12
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true !

Eastern Oregon is serious farming populated with serious intelligent farming people.

Montana ismpopulated by the bad guys you see in Western Fiction...I'm told Montanans were ejected from Texas for incompetence and mental insuffiency.. Worser, the Big Sky is big tourist gone to Casinoville.

Big difference there.
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Dan O

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Jun 2, 2012, 1:34:09 PM6/2/12
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On Jun 2, 10:04 am, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=gw#hl=en&output=search&sclient...
>
> yeah. I overdidit one day doing a loop of errands. poor planning for nutrition in an area devoid of 7/11...
>
> when I 'got back', leg muscles stiffened, I couldn't walk. Had to lay on ground waiting for muscle chemistry's resolution to rebalance back into a continuing life form.
>
> enter the back day pack...

My messenger bag...

> , always stocked with cliff bars...

clif bars upset my tummy, so I carry power bars and (clif) mojo
bars...

> , bike tools (inflator!)...

little pencil box in messenger bag w/ patch kit(s), tire levers,
foldable hex keys, park mini kit, co2 inflator - topeak road morph
loose in bottom of bag, vitorinox "tinker" in bag pocket...

> , bug net (REI)...

hmmm...

> , gloves...

I carry ~three or four different pair...

> , sunscreen...

hmm...

> , $$$...

as if...

(actually, I *do* have a quarter - for prying the cover off my
taillight)

> , Mace...

(!) - for the bugs?

> , leatherman...

I have one now! (a Gerber) - (roadside find)

> , sink,

I have plastic bags; does that count?


datakoll

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Jun 2, 2012, 1:34:12 PM6/2/12
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oh Lou...

to kill Indians
kill animals for food
to kill Rebs

to be YOU ! AN AMERICAN (having failed in finding other worthwile activities)

know what happened to the members of Lewis and uhhh whathisname expedition ?

they were killed by pimps and pawnbrokers in Montana !

its manifest !

Verdun has no meaning here despite Fredrickburg.

datakoll

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Jun 2, 2012, 1:47:06 PM6/2/12
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I have an anthropology puzzle. I getting a difficult hassle from Californians mainly the SF crowd and SF's Sex Police for not sucking dicks on the sidewalk. 'Like' if I needed serious ER, I expect that i would have to 'scuk dicks' befopre treatment. forget buying $1000 tires.

This is there place on earth I was told by a reliable source and you are not welcome caws you're not suckoing dicks. I do scientific field research now on the San Andreas Fault, for Californians benefit and am a paying tourist.

Yet at Santa Cruz, a software getaway south of SF, I wander thru crowds of truly gemutlische young women...'like' when you get to SC, first thing is find a motel room.

relative to gun ownership

Yet at Santa Cruz

Lou Holtman

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Jun 2, 2012, 1:56:15 PM6/2/12
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Op 2-6-2012 19:33, davethedave schreef:
> On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:16:39 +0200, Lou Holtman wrote:
>
>> Simple question. Why would anyone need a gun for?
>
> Grammar enforcement?

Ai, that looks ugly. Sorry about that.
How is your Dutch Dave? Should I buy a gun?

Lou

Dan O

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Jun 2, 2012, 12:51:35 PM6/2/12
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On Jun 2, 1:52 am, Lou Holtman <lou.holt...@usenet.nl> wrote:
> Op 2-6-2012 6:25, Wes Groleau schreef:
>
> > On 06-01-2012 11:07, Dan O wrote:
> >> Isn't Red Bull sugar and caffeine in water? That stuff just sucks all
> >> the water right out of you.
>
> > Not so. Excess blood sugar will make me pee, but when I am averaging
> > fifteen miles per hour, the muscles suck up the sugar. And one can is
> > only 110 calories.
>
> > Too much caffeine can stimulate the bladder to contract more, but it
> > does not cause the kidneys to run faster.
>
> > I needed the water for the heat, and the sugar for fuel.
> > I chose Red Bull because it has less sugar than other choices.
>
> If you need sugar for the fuel you want something with as much sugar as
> you can get. Right? My favourite refueling stops are gasstation stores
> and with all that diet junk today it is getting harder to get non
> artificial sweetened drinks.
>

I only carry plain water to drink - lots of it. You can add sugar,
but can't get it back out. I don't guzzle - ever. I pay attention to
my perceived eletrolytic "feel", and just drink to thirst and keep
hydrated. Except when it's extremely hot and dry, continuous snot
production is a good indicator.

> I have trouble eating while riding a bike so I limit that to a minimum.

Same here.

> When all my glycogen (muscles and liver) storages filled up I know I can
> ride bike with my kind off intensity for 2.5 hours and knowing that you
> only can digest 60-70 gr of carbohydrates I only need one waterbottle
> with 60 gr carbohydrates dissloved in it for my favourite 100 km rides.
> Money and a powerbar for backup. For a 70-80 km ride I don't need to eat
> at all.

I commute to work ~30 miles each way. Usually eat oatmeal in the
morning before leaving the house, unless I'm still well loaded from
dinner the night before. Never need anything to eat on the way to
work, but am usually kind of famished when I get there and then gobble
soemthing like a peanut butter sandwich.

On the return trip at end of the day I will usually eat a powerbar on
the long descent ~halfway home; or maybe stop and eat that or a mojo
bar. This really helps carry me home (where I am still famished when
I get there).

> When I'm home I know that my glycogen supplies are empty so I have to
> refill them for the next day/ride.
> Ultra long rides are not my cup of tea. For my that is 150+ km/more than
> 5 hours. It is boring, have to slow down, have to eat too much so my
> stomach gets upset etc.
>
> > But I didn't choose enough of it from the water perspective.
>
> For me it gets tricky when it is cold in early season. Burn a lot of
> carbs just to stay warm. In that case the 2.5 hours isn't valid any
> more, but I can feel it comming and can eat my backup or buy some stuff
> at the gasstation except of course when I forgot my money or my powerbar
> in a hurry. Then it gets really bad and I have to rely on the friendly
> people. Fortunately we have no middle of nowhere here. ;-)
>

My commute is almost all the middle of nowhere - particularly in the
mornings, when even the small towns are all quiet and dark.

Don't like to ever be away from home on the bike without something
~like one powerbar *and* one mojo bar in my bag - one of which I
always try to keep in reserve.

Jay Beattie

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Jun 2, 2012, 1:48:57 PM6/2/12
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Hunting, predator/vector control, self protection. I might take a 9mm
if I were riding through parts of Alaska, although guns have not
improved the outcome in some bear attacks (fiddling with gun instead
of running or taking other defensive action). Apart from need,
shooting is fun. I don't own a gun, but I did a fair amount of
shooting thirty years ago with a friend who had a boat load of guns.
He collected guns like some of us collect bikes. Biathalon would have
been fun, but now I'm too slow on my cross-country equipment.

-- Jay Beattie.

datakoll

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Jun 2, 2012, 2:15:22 PM6/2/12
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lived in Atlanta when Atlanta was American liveable now its black core escappes and white burbs.

Mob supplier brought in coupla cases staurday night specials sold for less tha $100

and what happened ?

oN saturday night, black folk killed each other, women first.

Just like a buncha Catholics

datakoll

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Jun 2, 2012, 2:55:29 PM6/2/12
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WHAT do you use the Road Morph for ?

thirty-six

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Jun 2, 2012, 2:41:56 PM6/2/12
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It doesn't make any difference when one's body is closing down,
although glucose is preferable, any sugar will do. Boiled sweets are
generally the correct thing, either glucose or invert sugar. Most
confectionary is suitable to keep power levels up although fading may
also be due to a need for magnesium or potassium, a carton of fruit
juice is a wise carry. If it comes down to it, eat the roadside
herbs.
A favoured carry for me was a Topic, a hazlenut confectionary bar.
Not only would it be boosting sugar and magnesium but also fatty acids
which facilitates the liver and brain without requiring conversion.
if one is experiencing pain alonggside power depletion then the first
line of action is salted water. If one does not pick up within ten
minutes, try the confectionary then lastly the fruit juice.

AMuzi

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Jun 2, 2012, 3:36:48 PM6/2/12
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Well, after the first few, 'just because'.

A target pistol is not a concealable small weapon is not a
rifle, etc.

AMuzi

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Jun 2, 2012, 3:39:55 PM6/2/12
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davethedave wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:16:39 +0200, Lou Holtman wrote:
>
>> Simple question. Why would anyone need a gun for?
>
> Grammar enforcement?


Lou's native language is not English.
he meant, 'waarom moet u een pistool?'

AMuzi

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Jun 2, 2012, 3:43:33 PM6/2/12
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Yes, you should. And shoot targets on Sunday morning with
your girlfriend after the bike ride.

AMuzi

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Jun 2, 2012, 3:45:26 PM6/2/12
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Been to Atlanta lately? They have some very nice mostly
black suburbs with real money.

Lou Holtman

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Jun 2, 2012, 4:48:28 PM6/2/12
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Op zaterdag 2 juni 2012 21:39:55 UTC+2 schreef AMuzi het volgende:
> davethedave wrote:
> > On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:16:39 +0200, Lou Holtman wrote:
> >
> >> Simple question. Why would anyone need a gun for?
> >
> > Grammar enforcement?
>
>
> Lou's native language is not English.
> he meant, 'waarom moet u een pistool?'

Close. It's 'waar heeft iemand nu een pistool voor nodig? See how difficult it is ;-)

Lou
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Tom $herman (-_-)

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Jun 2, 2012, 7:02:56 PM6/2/12
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Yes, I have met people like this in real life, and I have had warning
shots fired over my head while on public right-of-way. The sound a
sub-sonic (probably 22LR) bullet makes as it goes by is interesting.

I do *not* go down dead-end roads in remote rural areas on purpose. One
time in Indiana I started to go down one by mistake, and the (presumed)
person who lived at the end coming from the other direction stopped with
his car angled to block the road, and asked me in a nasty loud tone
"where I was going". When I said I was trying to connect to Road "x",
he snapped back this is the wrong way. Since it did not appear that he
was going to move until I left, I backed up to the nearest farm field
entry to turn around, then left.

--
Tºm Shermªn - 42.435731°N, 83.985007°W
Post Free or Die!

Tom $herman (-_-)

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Jun 2, 2012, 7:09:48 PM6/2/12
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On 6/2/2012 4:55 PM, davethedave wrote:
> Not too good. :(
>
> kan ik een biertje neem? :)
>
> and probably not. :(
>
> How's your Turkish? :)

These will help with that:
<http://www.turkeycountrymagazine.com/09SO/images/waterproof_turkey_calls.jpg>.
;)

datakoll

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Jun 2, 2012, 7:11:03 PM6/2/12
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Voor Nodig ?

Wes Groleau

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Jun 2, 2012, 9:00:59 PM6/2/12
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On 06-02-2012 01:38, Dan O wrote:
> http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeinated-drinks/AN01661

"[Water]'s calorie-free, caffeine-free, inexpensive and readily available."

Calorie-free is not what I want when I have to move a hundred kilograms
fifty kilometers.

> Glad you made it out of the woods that day.

Thanks. Me, too.

--
Wes Groleau

There are more Baroque musicians than any other kind.

Wes Groleau

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Jun 2, 2012, 9:10:47 PM6/2/12
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On 06-02-2012 04:52, Lou Holtman wrote:
> Op 2-6-2012 6:25, Wes Groleau schreef:
>> I needed the water for the heat, and the sugar for fuel.
>> I chose Red Bull because it has less sugar than other choices.
>
> If you need sugar for the fuel you want something with as much sugar as
> you can get. Right? ....

Wrong. I am diabetic and need to limit it to "just enough."
Plus I don't _like_ overly sugary tastes.

> .... My favourite refueling stops are gasstation stores

Not many of those on the route from the train station to home.
And if I found one, I'd still buy something tart but not sugar-free.

> I have trouble eating while riding a bike so I limit that to a minimum.

I just get off the bike long enough to eat it--and to restore blood flow
to buttocks and genitalia. :-)

> When all my glycogen (muscles and liver) storages filled up I know I can
> ride bike with my kind off intensity for 2.5 hours and knowing that you
> only can digest 60-70 gr of carbohydrates I only need one waterbottle
> with 60 gr carbohydrates dissloved in it for my favourite 100 km rides.

You've taken the "know thyself" advice. I'm still trying to find
myself. Has anyone seen me?

--
Wes Groleau

“Missing a train is only painful if you run after it!”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

thirty-six

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Have cream or buttermilk with your oatmeal and scrambled eggs with an
ounce of butter. Peanuts and bread are not ideal foods and should not
be consumed regularly.
>
> On the return trip at end of the day I will usually eat a powerbar on
> the long descent ~halfway home; or maybe stop and eat that or a mojo
> bar.  This really helps carry me home (where I am still famished when
> I get there).

Have an apple before you leave.

>
> > When I'm home I know that my glycogen supplies are empty so I have to
> > refill them for the next day/ride.
> > Ultra long rides are not my cup of tea. For my that is 150+ km/more than
> > 5 hours. It is boring, have to slow down, have to eat too much so my
> > stomach gets upset etc.
>
> > > But I didn't choose enough of it from the water perspective.
>
> > For me it gets tricky when it is cold in early season. Burn a lot of
> > carbs just to stay warm. In that case the 2.5 hours isn't valid any
> > more, but I can feel it comming and can eat my backup or buy some stuff
> > at the gasstation except of course when I forgot my money or my powerbar
> > in a hurry. Then it gets really bad and I have to rely on the friendly
> > people. Fortunately we have no middle of nowhere here. ;-)
>
> My commute is almost all the middle of nowhere - particularly in the
> mornings, when even the small towns are all quiet and dark.
>
> Don't like to ever be away from home on the bike without something
> ~like one powerbar *and* one mojo bar in my bag - one of which I
> always try to keep in reserve.

You'd be better carrying food such as eggs and fruit.

Dan O

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On Jun 2, 4:02 pm, "Tom $herman (-_-)" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
Shoot (... er, totally unintended pun), I was riding home one summery
day through rolling foothiils along valley farmland - very
picturesque. Had stopped for a mojo bar, and noticed the gorgeous
panoramic backdrop behind my bike leaned against a roadsign. Got out
my camera and was composing a picture when this pickup truck turns
onto the gravel crossroad, stops, guy gets out (younger fellow stays
in the passenger seat), and *confronts* me (doesn't just ask), "What
are you takin' pictures of?"

"My bike," I reply.

He stands there for a few seconds, kind of at a loss (looking a little
perplexed like it has to sink in that these are public roads and that
bicyclists are public, too), but still looking like he thinks he ought
to do something about this longhair in stretchy pants, then gets back
in the truck and drives off. I suppose the camera, time of day
(evening commute time and probability of passerby), and maybe the
nearby house, may have factored into his inaction. (Have to wonder
what he's concerned about. Damned revenuers, maybe?)

Dan O

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Jun 2, 2012, 10:47:27 PM6/2/12
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I hear you, but I am in no way ideal.

>
>
> > On the return trip at end of the day I will usually eat a powerbar on
> > the long descent ~halfway home; or maybe stop and eat that or a mojo
> > bar. This really helps carry me home (where I am still famished when
> > I get there).
>
> Have an apple before you leave.
>

Apple is always really good when I get home.

>
> > > When I'm home I know that my glycogen supplies are empty so I have to
> > > refill them for the next day/ride.
> > > Ultra long rides are not my cup of tea. For my that is 150+ km/more than
> > > 5 hours. It is boring, have to slow down, have to eat too much so my
> > > stomach gets upset etc.
>
> > > > But I didn't choose enough of it from the water perspective.
>
> > > For me it gets tricky when it is cold in early season. Burn a lot of
> > > carbs just to stay warm. In that case the 2.5 hours isn't valid any
> > > more, but I can feel it comming and can eat my backup or buy some stuff
> > > at the gasstation except of course when I forgot my money or my powerbar
> > > in a hurry. Then it gets really bad and I have to rely on the friendly
> > > people. Fortunately we have no middle of nowhere here. ;-)
>
> > My commute is almost all the middle of nowhere - particularly in the
> > mornings, when even the small towns are all quiet and dark.
>
> > Don't like to ever be away from home on the bike without something
> > ~like one powerbar *and* one mojo bar in my bag - one of which I
> > always try to keep in reserve.
>
> You'd be better carrying food such as eggs and fruit.

Again, I hear you, but the relatively non-perisherable mojo bars get
smooshed enough in my bag as it is, can ride there for weeks and still
be eaten without stopping the bike or soiling my gloves. The
powerbars go down and digest easily, and work like magic energy.

Tom $herman (-_-)

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Jun 2, 2012, 11:36:27 PM6/2/12
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On 6/2/2012 8:10 PM, Wes Groleau wrote:
> I just get off the bike long enough to eat it--and to restore blood flow
> to buttocks and genitalia. :-) [...]

Not a problem on a 'bent.

Tom $herman (-_-)

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On 6/2/2012 8:57 PM, thirty-six wrote:
> [...]
> You'd be better carrying food such as eggs and fruit.
>

The former hard-boiled, one presumes?

Tom $herman (-_-)

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On 6/2/2012 9:26 AM, A. Muzi wrote:
> Tom $herman (-_-) > wrote:
>> On 6/1/2012 8:22 AM, Lou Holtman wrote:
>>> Op 1-6-2012 5:33, Wes Groleau schreef:
>>>> On 05-31-2012 13:14, Dan O wrote:
>>>>> Riding home last night, felt about to bonk with close to ten miles to
>>>>> go. I've pushed through this plenty of times before, but never
>>>>> without a mojo bar or*something* in my bag. (End of month; no money;
>>>>
>>>> I misjudged the weather and thought two small Red Bull would suffice.
>>>> Two-thirds of the way home I was knocking on a farm house door offering
>>>> to buy a bottle of water.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes misjudging the weater is a classic one. Only your own pride is
>>> holding you back to knock on someones door to ask for something to eat
>>> or fill up your bottle. The times I had to, the people were very
>>> generous and helpfull after I explained my situation. Cookies, candy
>>> bars, sandwiches and a lady would even cook me a meal once.
>>>
>> In more remote parts of the US, the person answering the door could be
>> holding a loaded gun and asking why the hell are you bothering them.
>> These people live out of the way for a reason.
>>
>
> Perhaps one day you might actually meet and talk with a gun owner since
> you obviously have no idea about their uses limits.
>
All three incidences of people firing warning shots in my general
direction have been in rural Wisconsin. Never had a gun discharged in
my direction in Havenwoods or Metcalf Park (i.e., parts of the Milwaukee
'hood).

And in the days before mobile phones I had a breakdown in Forgottonia
(west central Illinois), and when I knocked on the door, the man opening
it was holding a shotgun, with the women in the room saying "what the
hell do you want?" to me.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but there are plenty of kooks out there with
guns.

Oh, and I should mention while in elementary school in rural Wisconsin,
I had a couple of classmates killed when accidentally shot by siblings.

Tom $herman (-_-)

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Jun 2, 2012, 11:49:39 PM6/2/12
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The salted water or other salty drink will help prevent or correct
hyponatremia/hyponatraemia, which is worse than "bonking" or even heat
exhaustion.

Tom $herman (-_-)

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On 6/2/2012 1:55 PM, datakoll wrote:
>
> WHAT do you use the Road Morph for ?

Well, I would use one for inflating tubes/tires.

datakoll

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Jun 3, 2012, 12:03:28 AM6/3/12
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gnaw, Brits us a straw. You never saw an egg punch ?

thirty-six

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Jun 2, 2012, 11:25:54 PM6/2/12
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Perhaps you should eat food and may be you will approach it. Don't be
conned by the salesman, stick to food.
>
>
>
> > > On the return trip at end of the day I will usually eat a powerbar on
> > > the long descent ~halfway home; or maybe stop and eat that or a mojo
> > > bar.  This really helps carry me home (where I am still famished when
> > > I get there).
>
> > Have an apple before you leave.
>
> Apple is always really good when I get home.

So it would be better before you leave.
>
>
>
> > > > When I'm home I know that my glycogen supplies are empty so I have to
> > > > refill them for the next day/ride.
> > > > Ultra long rides are not my cup of tea. For my that is 150+ km/more than
> > > > 5 hours. It is boring, have to slow down, have to eat too much so my
> > > > stomach gets upset etc.
>
> > > > > But I didn't choose enough of it from the water perspective.
>
> > > > For me it gets tricky when it is cold in early season. Burn a lot of
> > > > carbs just to stay warm. In that case the 2.5 hours isn't valid any
> > > > more, but I can feel it comming and can eat my backup or buy some stuff
> > > > at the gasstation except of course when I forgot my money or my powerbar
> > > > in a hurry. Then it gets really bad and I have to rely on the friendly
> > > > people. Fortunately we have no middle of nowhere here. ;-)
>
> > > My commute is almost all the middle of nowhere - particularly in the
> > > mornings, when even the small towns are all quiet and dark.
>
> > > Don't like to ever be away from home on the bike without something
> > > ~like one powerbar *and* one mojo bar in my bag - one of which I
> > > always try to keep in reserve.
>
> > You'd be better carrying food such as eggs and fruit.
>
> Again, I hear you, but the relatively non-perisherable mojo bars get

So you don't normally eat eggs, nuts and fruit?
What's up with them, no barcode, no shelf life?
They are perishable because they contain living energy, they give us
life.

> smooshed enough in my bag as it is, can ride there for weeks and still
> be eaten without stopping the bike or soiling my gloves.  The
> powerbars go down and digest easily, and work like magic energy.

Food does that. Eat food and you will avoid the difficulties which
encourage the consumption of more products. Saturated fats are of
prime importance in the regulation of blood sugar, proper nerve
(including thought) function, temperature stability and correct
functioning of mucosal membranes.

datakoll

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that's what I did when there...built white folks houses then bought by black folk as the whites fled to burbs.

where I lived on High Court Place of Glenwood was all white. Nowmits all black for miles. There is nowhee to live in the south but here for many 21st Deep South Afro-Americans

The money comes from state jobs...socialized Ponzi.

outside money comes from Chinese warehousing.

kinda SF, as the warehouses are often set out in a mega field in rolling hill areas...shorter commute for the managerial.

Omega alarms are in Atl

thirty-six

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On Jun 3, 4:37 am, "Tom $herman (-_-)" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net"> wrote:
> On 6/2/2012 8:57 PM, thirty-six wrote:
>
> > [...]
> > You'd be better carrying food such as eggs and fruit.
>
> The former hard-boiled, one presumes?
>

I generally eat them raw when on the move, It's the only way to
utilise them efficiently.. It takes a bit of oractice to be able to
crack off the too, but it's a skill well worth develooing.

thirty-six

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Jun 3, 2012, 12:35:46 AM6/3/12
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On Jun 3, 4:49 am, "Tom $herman (-_-)" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
While the salt alone, under the tongue, may bring relief from muscle
sqasm, usually it is dehydration which is the general cause to
weakness and oain. Salt should always be taken with water. Stick to
a natural extraction of sea salt, not a putrified and dessicated
form. NaCl alone will not provide an environment to flourish, all the
minerals in sea salt will benefit the body.

datakoll

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Jun 3, 2012, 12:20:50 AM6/3/12
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try the corn syrup

then several days later try table sugar

strange, when I ascended into good recreational bike condition, candy did not slack me off tho cike and pepsi continued...

occasionally, I ate a 3 musketeers (841) 3m'S are packed with carbohydrates and sooth the tummy...and doahn eat the whole bar.

My favorite continues as chilled rotini in small thermos smothered in raspoberry yogurt (non fat) with a Sobe orange soda.

thirty-six

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Jun 3, 2012, 12:40:53 AM6/3/12
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On Jun 3, 4:36 am, "Tom $herman (-_-)" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net"> wrote:
> On 6/2/2012 8:10 PM, Wes Groleau wrote:
>
> > I just get off the bike long enough to eat it--and to restore blood flow
> > to buttocks and genitalia. :-)  [...]
>
> Not a problem on a 'bent.
>

Ypu can't avoid sucking dirty air.

Dan O

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Jun 3, 2012, 12:06:04 AM6/3/12
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On Jun 2, 8:36 pm, "Tom $herman (-_-)" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net"> wrote:
> On 6/2/2012 8:10 PM, Wes Groleau wrote:
>
> > I just get off the bike long enough to eat it--and to restore blood flow
> > to buttocks and genitalia. :-) [...]
>
> Not a problem on a 'bent.
>

I just go out of the saddle for a spell now and then - e.g. when
climbing - or light in the saddle if I'm on the flat too long and
start to feel it.

thirty-six

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Jun 3, 2012, 12:20:51 AM6/3/12
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Always had made me queasy thinking about sucking eggs. I've done it
but I orefer to give it a sniff first, hence the reason I crack off
the fat end.

Dan O

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Jun 3, 2012, 1:19:32 AM6/3/12
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I'm quite sure that I appreciate real food as much as anyone.

That said:

http://books.google.com/books/about/Understanding_Nutrition.html?id=LhSLKVmauGoC

>
>
> > > > On the return trip at end of the day I will usually eat a powerbar on
> > > > the long descent ~halfway home; or maybe stop and eat that or a mojo
> > > > bar. This really helps carry me home (where I am still famished when
> > > > I get there).
>
> > > Have an apple before you leave.
>
> > Apple is always really good when I get home.
>
> So it would be better before you leave.
>

Perhaps. The thing is, I eat what I eat (always room for improvement,
I suppose), and when I get home I eat whatever I can get my hands on.
There are children there; so that's where I keep the apples.

>
>
>
>
> > > > > When I'm home I know that my glycogen supplies are empty so I have to
> > > > > refill them for the next day/ride.
> > > > > Ultra long rides are not my cup of tea. For my that is 150+ km/more than
> > > > > 5 hours. It is boring, have to slow down, have to eat too much so my
> > > > > stomach gets upset etc.
>
> > > > > > But I didn't choose enough of it from the water perspective.
>
> > > > > For me it gets tricky when it is cold in early season. Burn a lot of
> > > > > carbs just to stay warm. In that case the 2.5 hours isn't valid any
> > > > > more, but I can feel it comming and can eat my backup or buy some stuff
> > > > > at the gasstation except of course when I forgot my money or my powerbar
> > > > > in a hurry. Then it gets really bad and I have to rely on the friendly
> > > > > people. Fortunately we have no middle of nowhere here. ;-)
>
> > > > My commute is almost all the middle of nowhere - particularly in the
> > > > mornings, when even the small towns are all quiet and dark.
>
> > > > Don't like to ever be away from home on the bike without something
> > > > ~like one powerbar *and* one mojo bar in my bag - one of which I
> > > > always try to keep in reserve.
>
> > > You'd be better carrying food such as eggs and fruit.
>
> > Again, I hear you, but the relatively non-perisherable mojo bars get
>
> So you don't normally eat eggs, nuts and fruit?

Yes, I do. (Im far from ideal, though - also far from "normal" :-)

> What's up with them, no barcode, no shelf life?
> They are perishable because they contain living energy, they give us
> life.
>

I hear you, man.

> > smooshed enough in my bag as it is, can ride there for weeks and still
> > be eaten without stopping the bike or soiling my gloves. The
> > powerbars go down and digest easily, and work like magic energy.
>
> Food does that. Eat food and you will avoid the difficulties which
> encourage the consumption of more products. Saturated fats are of
> prime importance in the regulation of blood sugar, proper nerve
> (including thought) function, temperature stability and correct
> functioning of mucosal membranes.

It's all good. Hey, let's you and me get a beer, eh?

James

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On 03/06/12 14:03, datakoll wrote:
> On Saturday, June 2, 2012 9:37:25 PM UTC-6, Tom $herman (-_-) wrote:
>> On 6/2/2012 8:57 PM, thirty-six wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> You'd be better carrying food such as eggs and fruit.
>>>
>>
>> The former hard-boiled, one presumes?
>>
>> --
>> T榦 Sherm泄 - 42.435731衹, 83.985007訖
>> Post Free or Die!
>
> gnaw, Brits us a straw. You never saw an egg punch ?

Never seen an egg make a fist.

--
JS.

Sir Ridesalot

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Jun 5, 2012, 2:15:58 PM6/5/12
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Salt works a lot better if it's taken with and should be taken with
potassium.

Cheers

thirty-six

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Jun 5, 2012, 2:42:21 PM6/5/12
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Yes, because potassium is antagonistic to sodium, but the primary
concern to enable circulation and heat stability is adequate salt (non-
refined). Salt is the principal mover of sweat and must be
replenished by further consumption. After adequate salts have been
established then potassium balance may be addressed, but without EMG
and ECG studies you cannot be certain that the body has the optimal
balance with a single mixture. I think it is far better to satisfy
basic salinity requirements through salt-water and once satisfied (as
evidenced by a downturn in the desirability) then one should turn to a
fruit for the potassium and magnesium. It is more likely that
magnesium is primarily required and my study leads me to believe that
magnesium chloride is the best form to ingest (as desired in dilute
form) or rub on the skin in a saturated solution.

datakoll

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Jun 5, 2012, 8:12:23 PM6/5/12
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TRY ONLINE:

understanding sugar

sugar facts

eating glucose sucrose devtrose

nutrition: all of the above including corn syrup

yeah yawl should kick red meat, CHOH, table sugar, reduce salt 88%,
drink 4 times spring or distilled water and NEVER tap water, reduce coffe 88%, kick milk, cheese, hot dogs, spam, all fats, eat more grains, aka grits, wheat, ect....simple. Tomato Sauce NO SALT !

Tom $herman (-_-)

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I suggest reagent grade sodium and potassium.

datakoll

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Jun 5, 2012, 11:39:04 PM6/5/12
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MORE BS from the food industry. Over use of salt comes from pre refridgeration.

Salt tablets, once deriguer, are not recommmended NOT !

I was here for whales. Whatta spread. It suck in vast ocean on a vast plain of stepped lagoons and evaps under a broiling sun.

https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=gw#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=BAJA+SALT+WORKS+GUERRERO+NEGRO&oq=BAJA+SALT+WORKS+GUERRERO+NEGRO&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=hp.12...4154.17102.1.19386.30.28.0.0.0.4.3240.21266.2-1j1j4j6j3j2j4j1.22.0...0.0.95kZED1nsVw&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=190edb001faa8126&biw=948&bih=524

datakoll

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Jun 5, 2012, 11:57:16 PM6/5/12
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ONCE AGAIN we chose a balanced neutral reference



http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/salt/

thirty-six

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On Jun 6, 4:39 am, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> MORE BS from the food industry. Over use of salt comes from pre refridgeration.

If you attemot to consume an excessive amount of salt you throw-up.
It is not possible to overconsume it, you get too ill if you do not
drink adequate amounts of water.

>
> Salt tablets, once deriguer, are not recommmended NOT !

Unrefined salt with water is good.

>
> I was here for whales. Whatta spread. It suck in vast ocean on a vast plain of stepped lagoons and evaps under a broiling sun.

Almost totally incomprehensible. Must try harder. I'm really not
sure which side of the fence you are.
>
> https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=gw#hl=en&output=search&sclient...

Dan O

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Jun 6, 2012, 12:44:54 AM6/6/12
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On Jun 5, 8:39 pm, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> MORE BS from the food industry. Over use of salt comes from pre refridgeration.
>
> Salt tablets, once deriguer, are not recommmended NOT !
>

I read a ~credible PDF once that said drink to thirst, have food
available, don't bother trying to explicitly replensih salt once the
exertion is underway.

> I was here for whales. Whatta spread. It suck in vast ocean on a vast plain of stepped lagoons and evaps under a broiling sun.
>
> https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=gw#hl=en&output=search&sclient...

Ocena is the awesomeness


Dan O

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Jun 6, 2012, 12:45:38 AM6/6/12
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On Jun 5, 9:04 pm, thirty-six <thirty-...@live.co.uk> wrote:
> On Jun 6, 4:39 am, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>

<snip>

>
> > I was here for whales. Whatta spread. It suck in vast ocean on a vast plain of stepped lagoons and evaps under a broiling sun.
>
> Almost totally incomprehensible. Must try harder. I'm really not
> sure which side of the fence you are.
>

Whjeeee! :-)


<snip>

Tom $herman (-_-)

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Jun 6, 2012, 1:51:42 AM6/6/12
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On 6/5/2012 11:04 PM, thirty-six wrote:
> On Jun 6, 4:39 am, datakoll<datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> MORE BS from the food industry. Over use of salt comes from pre refridgeration.
>
> If you attemot to consume an excessive amount of salt you throw-up.
> It is not possible to overconsume it, you get too ill if you do not
> drink adequate amounts of water.

<http://bdnpull.bangorpublishing.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ROADSALT_1_LCO_7128781.jpg>

thirty-six

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Jun 6, 2012, 11:23:01 AM6/6/12
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On Jun 6, 5:44 am, Dan O <danover...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 5, 8:39 pm, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > MORE BS from the food industry. Over use of salt comes from pre refridgeration.
>
> > Salt tablets, once deriguer, are not recommmended NOT !
>
> I read a ~credible PDF once that said drink to thirst, have food
> available, don't bother trying to explicitly replensih salt once the
> exertion is underway.

How credulous would you like to be?

AMuzi

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Jun 6, 2012, 12:09:46 PM6/6/12
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> "... said drink to thirst, have food available... "

Anquetil, who won everything, and repeatedly, famously said,
" I drink before I am thirsty, I eat before I am hungry, I
shift before the hill"

YMMV, but that (and copious amounts of alcohol, sex and
drugs) worked for him.


--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Tom $herman (-_-)

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Jun 6, 2012, 11:08:58 PM6/6/12
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On 6/6/2012 11:09 AM, A. Muzi wrote:
> Anquetil, who won everything, and repeatedly, famously said, " I drink
> before I am thirsty, I eat before I am hungry, I shift before the hill"
>
> YMMV, but that (and copious amounts of alcohol, sex and drugs) worked
> for him.

Family Values™, eh?

AMuzi

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Jun 7, 2012, 12:46:42 AM6/7/12
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Tom $herman (-_-) > wrote:
> On 6/6/2012 11:09 AM, A. Muzi wrote:
>> Anquetil, who won everything, and repeatedly, famously said, " I drink
>> before I am thirsty, I eat before I am hungry, I shift before the hill"
>>
>> YMMV, but that (and copious amounts of alcohol, sex and drugs) worked
>> for him.
>
> Family Valuesâ„¢, eh?
>

Victory has a thousand fathers. Defeat is an orphan.

Tom $herman (-_-)

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Jun 7, 2012, 2:12:08 AM6/7/12
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On 6/6/2012 11:46 PM, A. Muzi wrote:
> Tom $herman (-_-) > wrote:
>> On 6/6/2012 11:09 AM, A. Muzi wrote:
>>> Anquetil, who won everything, and repeatedly, famously said, " I drink
>>> before I am thirsty, I eat before I am hungry, I shift before the hill"
>>>
>>> YMMV, but that (and copious amounts of alcohol, sex and drugs) worked
>>> for him.
>>
>> Family Valuesâ„¢, eh?
>>
>
> Victory has a thousand fathers. Defeat is an orphan.
>
Nope. Victory comes from 1900 Highway 71, Spirit Lake, Iowa.

<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1900+Highway+71,+Spirit+Lake,+IA&hl=en&ll=43.421126,-95.128405&spn=0.002077,0.005284&sll=43.421056,-95.128083&sspn=0.002077,0.005284&t=h&hnear=1900+U.S.+71,+Spirit+Lake,+Iowa+51360&z=18>

thirty-six

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Why not use a good saddle, a racing/tour Brooks , a Rolls or Regal?

thirty-six

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Jun 7, 2012, 2:27:16 PM6/7/12
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Meat is good, in moderation (8oz inl 2oz fat). Alcohol is good, in
moderation (50ml). Sugar is OK after fasting, in moderation (2tsp).
Distilled water will leach the body of minerals unless suitably
dosed. Tap water my be particularly bad due tp the specific pipes
one's supply is delivered by. Drink sufficient water to eliminate
pain and urine is straw cploured, at least 20floz in morning and same
before retiring. Coffee is a useful stimulant, especially when one
wants to trigger fat metabolism or just need an improvement in
circulation to reduce acidosis. One should use it judiciously. Milk
is probably generally bad for any man over 25 due to the high calcium
and low magnesium content. Women tend to have a better tolerance (at
least physically, not mentally). Cheese can probably be eaten at
will, as long as it isn't disguised with pickles or sauces. I
wouldn't eat a frozen dog, or anything which is a product rather than
a food. Spam probably not good due to nitrates/nitrites. It's not to
my liking, in UK we can use the Polish canned ham called PEK which is
rather good as I remember. There are such things as essential fatty
acids which can only be obtained by eating saturated fats, they are
essential to good health, do not restrict them. Grain will fatten you
for slaughter! Use grain only after all the essential foods have been
consumed. Essentials are fats, greens and protein. Salt is also
essential and is perfectly safe to take as per taste as long as you
use unrefined sea salt without anti-caking. Salt assists the
hydration of the muscle cells. Excess, in a healthy body, is excreted
with the urine. Drink sufficient water as already detailed.

thirty-six

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Jun 7, 2012, 2:37:09 PM6/7/12
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On Jun 3, 4:46 am, "Tom $herman (-_-)" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net"> wrote:
> On 6/2/2012 9:26 AM, A. Muzi wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Tom $herman (-_-) > wrote:
> >> On 6/1/2012 8:22 AM, Lou Holtman wrote:
> >>> Op 1-6-2012 5:33, Wes Groleau schreef:
> >>>> On 05-31-2012 13:14, Dan O wrote:
> >>>>> Riding home last night, felt about to bonk with close to ten miles to
> >>>>> go. I've pushed through this plenty of times before, but never
> >>>>> without a mojo bar or*something* in my bag. (End of month; no money;
>
> >>>> I misjudged the weather and thought two small Red Bull would suffice.
> >>>> Two-thirds of the way home I was knocking on a farm house door offering
> >>>> to buy a bottle of water.
>
> >>> Yes misjudging the weater is a classic one. Only your own pride is
> >>> holding you back to knock on someones door to ask for something to eat
> >>> or fill up your bottle. The times I had to, the people were very
> >>> generous and helpfull after I explained my situation. Cookies, candy
> >>> bars, sandwiches and a lady would even cook me a meal once.
>
> >> In more remote parts of the US, the person answering the door could be
> >> holding a loaded gun and asking why the hell are you bothering them.
> >> These people live out of the way for a reason.
>
> > Perhaps one day you might actually meet and talk with a gun owner since
> > you obviously have no idea about their uses limits.
>
> All three incidences of people firing warning shots in my general
> direction have been in rural Wisconsin.  Never had a gun discharged in
> my direction in Havenwoods or Metcalf Park (i.e., parts of the Milwaukee
> 'hood).
>
> And in the days before mobile phones I had a breakdown in Forgottonia
> (west central Illinois), and when I knocked on the door, the man opening
> it was holding a shotgun, with the women in the room saying "what the
> hell do you want?" to me.
>
> Sorry to burst your bubble, but there are plenty of kooks out there with
> guns.
>
> Oh, and I should mention while in elementary school in rural Wisconsin,
> I had a couple of classmates killed when accidentally shot by siblings.
>

Did Pop remember to lock the gunsafe after that?

thirty-six

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Jun 7, 2012, 2:42:59 PM6/7/12
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On Jun 6, 4:57 am, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ONCE AGAIN we chose a balanced neutral reference
>
> http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/salt/

"The government says ..."

That's all I need to know about that reference. Neutral my arse, more
likr nuetered.

thirty-six

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On Jun 2, 6:04 pm, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=gw#hl=en&output=search&sclient...
>
> yeah. I overdidit one day doing a loop of errands. poor planning for nutrition in an area devoid of 7/11...
>
> when I 'got back', leg muscles stiffened, I couldn't walk. Had to lay on ground waiting for muscle chemistry's resolution to rebalance back into a continuing life form.

That'll be an excess of calcium. You can move it with salt, drink
salted water (a quart with a teaspoon of seasalt) and increase
magnesium rich foods (greens). Eat greens with every meal in future
until you no longer get stiff following prolonged excercise. Use a
hot bath and a massage after consuming buttered spinach with salt and
a quart of light beer for quick recovery.

>
> enter the back day pack, always stocked with cliff bars, bike tools (inflator!), bug net (REI), gloves, sunscreen, $$$, Mace, leatherman, sink,

Tom $herman (-_-)

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Jun 7, 2012, 8:07:03 PM6/7/12
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On 6/7/2012 1:27 PM, thirty-six wrote:
> [...]
> I wouldn't eat a frozen dog,[...]

You can get frozen dog meat in the UK?

Tom $herman (-_-)

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Jun 7, 2012, 8:10:21 PM6/7/12
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On 6/7/2012 1:37 PM, thirty-six wrote:
> On Jun 3, 4:46 am, "Tom $herman (-_-)"<""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
> $southslope.net"> wrote:
>> [...]
>> Oh, and I should mention while in elementary school in rural Wisconsin,
>> I had a couple of classmates killed when accidentally shot by siblings.
>>
>
> Did Pop remember to lock the gunsafe after that?

Most people did not have gun safes back then, or removable trigger locks.

So far the NRA has not promoted concealed carry for pre-teen children.
^^^^^^

thirty-six

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Jun 7, 2012, 8:44:16 PM6/7/12
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On Jun 8, 1:07 am, "Tom $herman (-_-)" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net"> wrote:
> On 6/7/2012 1:27 PM, thirty-six wrote:
>
> > [...]
> > I wouldn't eat a frozen dog,[...]
>
> You can get frozen dog meat in the UK?
>

Caterers for NHS hospitals serve 'mince'. There's no restriction on
where that mince comes from. It could well be dog and would likely be
frozen if it came from China or Thailand. I don't believe there is
sufficient checks to ensure the safety of the food supplied by outside
caterers. It's odd stuff anyway, not idetifiably chicken, mutton or
beef. It could be a rather flavourless Danish pork coloured and
salted so as to make one imagine it is beef. I doubt it would be
horse. It may as well be dog. It might be illegal to raise dogs for
meat here and it might be illegal to import dog meat. What else are
we to believe that is meat from unknown origin? Hmm, could be
turkey. I'll bet it's been a mix of pork and turkey bits (don't even
think), both of lowest nutrtional value.

Dan O

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Jun 7, 2012, 10:43:23 PM6/7/12
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Don't have one of those. Anyway, by "feel it" I didn't mean anything
approaching significant discomfort or circulation issues; I just meant
feel like I've been in the saddle longer than I 'm accustomed to. I
do the same thing with my hands and feet.

Wes Groleau

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Jun 7, 2012, 11:35:37 PM6/7/12
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On 06-07-2012 20:10, Tom $herman (-_-) > wrote:
> So far the NRA has not promoted concealed carry for pre-teen children.

A few years ago, I read an article about a fifth grader suspended for
bringing a pistol to school. NRA definitely jumped in on that one.

--
Wes Groleau

A bureaucrat is someone who cuts red tape lengthwise.



Tom $herman (-_-)

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thirty-six

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Jun 8, 2012, 6:35:30 AM6/8/12
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On Jun 8, 4:36 am, "Tom $herman (-_-)" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
I'd guess that's mechanically-recovered-poultry. That wasn't it. The
mince certainly had a meaty texture (oh dear it could have been
ungodly soy) disguised with a beef-extract and caramel. Come to think
of it I didn't see it printed that it was meat, only referred to as
meat, verbally by the servers.

John B.

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Jun 8, 2012, 7:36:20 AM6/8/12
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Well, I once saw the allowable ingredients that Her Majesty's
government has authorized for the national "banger" ( is it you call
them?) or sausage. To be frank, I wouldn't feed my dog on that.

By the way, according to a rather adventurous friend, "dog,
particularly puppy, is actual quite tasty."

John B.

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Jun 8, 2012, 7:36:20 AM6/8/12
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Well, you have the best of both worlds, you think you are eating meat
while, according to the vegetarians, soy is good for you.

thirty-six

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Jun 8, 2012, 6:27:15 AM6/8/12
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I used to get a bit too sweaty in the Regal after about 2 hours. I
stopped greasing my chamois (genuine) and used only natural soap to
wash it (Lux flakes or Sunlight bar soap). Sometimes I used other
soaps sold as toiletry soaps whose names presently escape me (and
generally too expensive). The trick is to wash to clean rinse water
then resoap before drying by pressing then hang on the line. This
stopped my shorts getting wet and uncomfortable, which resulted in me
staying planted in that seat just as long as I could in my Brooks
Competition. The Regal still turns a bit soft after a few hours in
the summer, but I was told there were weight specific variations on
this saddle and I got an unmarked one. I guess the saddle I have is
for the more typical 11st and under rider rather than me at 12st and
over. Anyway my weight is coming down, so there may be a point when
I can enjoy long rides without the saddle feeling squidgy..

datakoll

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Jun 8, 2012, 11:27:49 AM6/8/12
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off course, pre-boiled ! with cabbage.

soon cannibalism ! its Pict eat Pict in GB

AMuzi

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Jun 8, 2012, 1:03:29 PM6/8/12
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It was a patently unfair smear campaign.

That industry recovered over a million steers' worth of beef
per year which would otherwise be wasted with zero incidence
of contamination (more than any other process can claim).

So a catchy derogative name slapped on by the nattering
media struck a blow for inefficiency and waste, unemployment
and bankruptcy. As usual, while The Smug Ones move on to
another hapless victim.

thirty-six

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Jun 8, 2012, 4:37:05 PM6/8/12
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I don't want tits nor any of the other endocrinological upset. I'll
keep eating pork-belly, black pudding and liver until I find something
else which tastes so good. Meat fat contains the essential fatty-
acids our bodies need to function correctly. Without good fat we
die. We need it for our hormones, we need it to insulate our nerves,
we need it to insulate us from our environment.

John B.

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Jun 8, 2012, 8:23:24 PM6/8/12
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Strange isn't it that a major portion of the population in India are
vegetarian as well as many Buddhists throughout Asia. One would think
without this essential ingredient, meat fat, they would have all
withered away by now, rather then having an astonishingly high birth
rate.

Wes Groleau

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Jun 8, 2012, 11:57:07 PM6/8/12
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I've lost track of who all wrote:
>>> "Pink slime":
>>> <http://www.self.com/health/blogs/healthyself/pink-slime.jpg>.
>>
>> I'd guess that's mechanically-recovered-poultry. That wasn't it. The
>> mince certainly had a meaty texture (oh dear it could have been
>> ungodly soy) disguised with a beef-extract and caramel. Come to think
>> of it I didn't see it printed that it was meat, only referred to as
>> meat, verbally by the servers.
>
> It was a patently unfair smear campaign.
>
> That industry recovered over a million steers' worth of beef per year
> which would otherwise be wasted with zero incidence of contamination
> (more than any other process can claim).
>
> So a catchy derogative name slapped on by the nattering media struck a
> blow for inefficiency and waste, unemployment and bankruptcy. As usual,
> while The Smug Ones move on to another hapless victim.

I don't trust the detractors OR the defenders. But here's an article
that makes an effort (or at least a pretense) of telling the whole
story: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_slime>

(But it wasn't the nattering media that clapped on the stupid name.)

--
Wes Groleau

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/rulings/pants-fire/



thirty-six

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Jun 9, 2012, 7:14:43 AM6/9/12
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I see it was available in UK before BSE crisis. I can remember always
aasking fo beefburgers in a bun rather than hamburgers as the
hanburgers sometimes weren't so nice and I knew that 'beefburger' was
a protected term just like 'pork sausage'. I think all our corned
beef has been from Argentina or Brazil which are generally of high
grade although I did stop eating it because of high levels of salt in
my body that even simply salted meat would knacker me for a day. I
get the little cans now and seem safe with them if I eat greens and
not bread.

John B.

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Jun 9, 2012, 8:23:32 AM6/9/12
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I wonder how you'd have gotten along in the American Army where "Shit
on a shingle" was a popular breakfast meal?

thirty-six

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Jun 9, 2012, 9:57:56 AM6/9/12
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I was in good condition until 25 y.o. I'd eat everything, thrice. I
Iikely ate too much white shite in detriment to my fat intake and the
mileage on the bike and work took it's toll. My meals shrank still
maintaining similar ratios of meat, fat and carbs and I grew weaker.
This would not have occured in service, I'd have received medical
treatment rather than a dead-end diagnosis with no treatment. Unless
you have essential bits blown off, UK service personel are generally
well-cared for, so disease rarely takes hold.

thirty-six

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Jun 9, 2012, 10:13:20 AM6/9/12
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On Jun 6, 5:09 pm, AMuzi <a...@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
> Dan O wrote:
> > On Jun 5, 8:39 pm, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> MORE BS from the food industry. Over use of salt comes from pre refridgeration.
>
> >> Salt tablets, once deriguer, are not recommmended NOT !
>
> > I read a ~credible PDF once that said drink to thirst, have food
> > available, don't bother trying to explicitly replensih salt once the
> > exertion is underway.
>
> >> I was here for whales. Whatta spread. It suck in vast ocean on a vast plain of stepped lagoons and evaps under a broiling sun.
>
> >>https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=gw#hl=en&output=search&sclient...
>
> > Ocena is the awesomeness
> > "... said drink to thirst, have food available... "
>
> Anquetil, who won everything, and repeatedly, famously said,
> " I drink before I am thirsty, I eat before I am hungry, I
> shift before the hill"
>
> YMMV, but that (and copious amounts of alcohol, sex and
> drugs) worked for him.
>

A most interesting cylist due to his apparent disregard for cycle
racing convention in France yet so enormously successful. There are
some queer parts to his character which I put down to how fate has
played him. I've got a book somewhere which I havn't finished, so
I've taken the lazy way and checked out Youtube and this presents
something of the man and his ideals.

http://youtu.be/u3sOezcnHoU

there's another 5 parts to check.

Tom $herman (-_-)

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Jun 9, 2012, 11:42:36 AM6/9/12
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Supposedly beef, separated using heat and a centrifuge.

thirty-six

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Jun 9, 2012, 1:28:38 PM6/9/12
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On Jun 9, 4:42 pm, "Tom $herman (-_-)" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
There is a better way, without the use of chemical washing, but more
expensive because the processor would have to can the stuff. It'd
help if the butchers used clean buckets and the trimmings processed as
and when available.

datakoll

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Jun 9, 2012, 1:46:27 PM6/9/12
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you run road kill thru a centrifuge ?

this has something to do with missile silos and long winters ?
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